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New titles in popular reading collections at Zumberge and Steelcase

November 23rd, 2009

Come browse the newest popular reading titles in Zumberge Library’s Café Bibliothèque and the Steelcase Library Reading Room! You can also search the library’s catalog for specific titles or authors. Did you know books from this collection can be delivered to any of the GVSU libraries, including the Frey Foundation Learning Center? It’s easy – just ask us how! You can give us a call at 616-331-3500 or chat with us.

Below are the latest titles received. Stay tuned for further additions; new titles arrive every month.

Zumberge Library:

  • Pilgrims by Garrison Keillor
  • There goes the bride by M.C. Beaton
  • Pursuit of honor by Vince Flynn
  • Blood game by Iris Johansen
  • K2 by Ed Viesturs
  • Breaking the rules by Barbara Taylor Bradford
  • Gates by John Connolly
  • Scarpetta factor by Patricia Cornwell
  • Heidegger and a hippo walk through those pearly gates by T. Cathcart & D. Klein
  • Ghost king by R.A. Salvatore
  • You better not cry by Augusten Burroughs
  • A blue and gray Christmas by Joan Medlicott
  • I, Alex Cross by James Patterson
  • Broken jewel by David L. Robbins
  • New York by Edward Rutherfurd
  • Michael by editors of Rolling Stone
  • Bon Jovi
  • Last words by George Carlin
  • Rainwater by Sandra Brown
  • Paul McCartney by Peter Carlin
  • Googled by Ken Auletta
  • Under the dome by Stephen King
  • Have a little faith by Mitch Albom
  • Knit the season by Kate Jacobs

Steelcase Library:

  • Even money by Dick Francis
  • Most evil by Steve Hodel
  • Gotti confidential by Victoria Gotti
  • Google speaks by Janet Lowe
  • 13 ½ by Nevada Barr
  • The murder business by Mark Fuhrman
  • America for sale by Jerome R. Corsi
  • Humbling by Philip Roth
  • Abandoned by Cody McFadyen
  • Haiku by Andrew Vachss
  • Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver

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New titles in popular reading collections at Zumberge and Steelcase

September 22nd, 2009

Come browse the newest popular reading titles in Zumberge Library’s Café Bibliothèque and the Steelcase Library Reading Room! You can also search the library’s catalog for specific titles or authors. Did you know books from this collection can be delivered to any of the GVSU libraries, including the Frey Foundation Learning Center? It’s easy – just ask  us how! You can give us a call at 616-331-3500 or chat with us.

Below are the latest titles received. Stay tuned for further additions; new titles arrive every month.

Zumberge Library:

  • Seven days of rage by Paul LaRosa
  • Shooting stars by Lebron James
  • True Compass by Edward M. Kennedy
  • Homer and Langley by E.. L. Doctorow
  • Evil at heart by Chelsea Cain
  • Vanishing act by Fern Michaels
  • Little bird of heaven by Joyce Carol Oates
  • Lost art of gratitude by Alexander McCall Smith
  • Think no evil by Jonas Beiler
  • Barack and Michelle by Christopher Andersen
  • Twenties girl by Sophie Kinsella
  • Wilderness warrior by Douglas Brinkley
  • Accidental billionaires by Ben Mezrich
  • Never give up on your dream by Warren Moon
  • Born to play by Dustin Pedroia
  • Fire and ice by J. A. Jance
  • Library by Stuart Murray

Steelcase Library:

  • Resurrecting midnight by Eric Jerome Dickey
  • Ladies of the lake by Haywood Smith
  • The last song by Nicholas Sparks
  • Homeland by Barbara Hambly
  • Big little life by Dean Koontz
  • Speech-less by Matt Latimer
  • A change in Altitude by Anita Shreve
  • 206 bones by Kathy Reichs
  • Blindman’s bluff by Faye Kellerman
  • Hell’s Gate by Stephen Frey
  • Smash cut by Sandra Brown
  • Rules of vengeance by Christopher Reich
  • Cult insanity by Irene Spencer
  • That old cape magic by Richard Russo
  • Dragons of the hourglass mage by Margaret Weis
  • Alibi by Teri Woods
  • Hunted by Brian Haig
  • Princess of Landover by Terry Brooks

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Library Palooza! – September 10th

August 27th, 2009

Puzzled? Let the University Libraries help put all the pieces together. Come to the Fifth Annual Library Palooza on Thursday, September 10 and get acquainted with University Libraries’ faculty, staff, and services. There’ll be games and snacks at all three locations so stop by

Zumberge Library on the Allendale Campus from 11am – 3pm
Steelcase Library on the Pew Campus from noon – 6pm
Frey Foundation Learning Center at the Cook-DeVos Center for Health Sciences from noon – 6pm

Don’t forget to download and solve the 2009 Library Palooza Puzzler. Correct submissions will be entered into a drawing for an iPod Shuffle!

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Popular reading collection at Steelcase

June 2nd, 2009

A popular reading collection is now available at the Steelcase Library in the DeVos Center of the Pew campus downtown. Like its sister collection in the Café Bibliothèque area at the Zumberge Library on the Allendale campus, new titles arrive every month. You can browse the collection, or search the library’s catalog for specific titles or authors.


Please note that only current GVSU students, staff, and faculty may check out books from this collection. Books circulate for a nonrenewable four week period. For more information about the popular reading collections, contact the library at 1-3500.

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Need a break from your studies?

February 10th, 2009

Relax with magazines from the Steelcase Library’s new leisure reading magazine collection. We now are, or soon will be, receiving the following:

  • Entertainment Weekly
  • Glamour
  • Men’s Health
  • National Geographic
  • New Yorker
  • Newsweek
  • People
  • Rolling Stone
  • Sports Illustrated
  • Time
  • U.S. News & World Report
  • US Weekly

You’ll find these on top of the book shelves just inside the reading room.

Be sure to check out the new books section, too. They’re in the display case right across from the entrance doors.

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RefWorks classes at Steelcase Library

January 26th, 2009

RefWorks, the reference manager program, can save you lots of time and angst. This week the Steelcase Library is providing RefWorks instruction to help you get started with this powerful program. These half-hour sessions are designed to help you get started with RefWorks and provide individual assistance.

All sessions are from 5:15 to 5:45 p.m. January 26, 27, 28, and 29 in the Steelcase Library instruction room. Attend one, or attend them all. Refreshments will be provided; no reservations required. For more information, call 331-7338.

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Library 101: Learn how to use library resources

January 9th, 2009

Stymied by the plethora of library resources available to you? Don’t know where to start?

Attending one or more of the half-hour workshops at the Steelcase Library can help you figure it all out. The first series, Library 101, will show you how to:
- navigate the library’s home page
- find books and other items in the library’s catalog
- effectively locate articles in databases
- obtain books or articles from other libraries

All sessions are from 5:15 to 5:45 p.m. January 12, 13, 14, and 15. Attend one, or attend them all. Librarians will be available to answer any questions and provide individual assistance. Refreshments will be provided; no reservations required. For more information, call 331-7338.

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Save yourself time and angst!

August 13th, 2008

Are you new to GVSU? Do you want to make the best use of your time when doing research?

If so, plan to attend one of the Steelcase Library’s half-hour information sessions where our knowledgeable and friendly librarians will show you how to navigate the library’s web pages, learn how to use the catalog, become aware of our hundreds of databases, and find out about interlibrary loan and document delivery.

While the sessions are designed for students new to GVSU, returning students are welcome to attend as well. They are scheduled from 5:15 to 5:45 p.m. on the following dates:

Tuesday, September 9
Wednesday, September 10
Tuesday, September 23
Wednesday, September 24

All sessions be held in the Steelcase Library’s instruction room and refreshments will be served!

For more information, call 331-7338.

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Steelcase Retrieval System Limited Access until July 14

June 26th, 2008

Due to a software upgrade, the Steelcase Library Retrieval System will not be available for public initiated requests from June 30 to July 14, 2008. Requests for an item in the Retrieval System can be made at the Steelcase Library Circulation Desk, by email through steelref@gvsu.edu or by calling (616)-331-7330 during posted library hours.

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Glass Castle discussion at Steelcase

February 12th, 2008

Join a discussion of this year’s GVSU Community Reading Project, The Glass Castle, at the Steelcase Library from 5 to 6 p.m. on Monday, February 18.

Other library-sponsored discussions will take place at the Zumberge Library’s Cafe Bibliotheque on Wednesday, February 13 from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. and Wednesday, February 20 from 5 to 6 p.m. Refreshments will be served at the Steelcase Library event. You may register for any of the discussions by clicking here.

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